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ST1000(CL65) │ 1/250s │ F8.1 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

It was nice and shiny day thus, we had to do some trims on our garden before my parent comes back and get angry about it.. :( Me and my sibligs are not professional gardeners, but we have to show to mom and dad that we did our best to keep the best condition of garden as we could. To be honest, because we didn’t do our best, lots and lots of weeds were grown in our lawn and garden. Since my dad’s coming back this week, we decided to get rid of those weeds today.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/180s │ F8.1 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

Let’s get started! There’s my brother “a.k.a Tony” working on the lawn. :) I was taking care of that small garden. I felt sorry for tulips and roses while I was working because they were not in good condition because of those weeds..

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/180s │ F8.1 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

That was just beginning of the work. I forgot to take the photos of weeds that we all trimmed out. We had to use two huge bags to carry it away.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/180s │ F8.1 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

Tony was working with the tool on the lawn. He was complaining for whole day, “Why there are so many weeds?! I can’t see the finish! Why do we have so huge lawn?? (Well, we do not actually. He was just complaining about the size because he didn’t want to work.) I really should make backyard into the basketball court with concrete, you know!” And I had to calm him down saying blah, blah, blah… Yeah, he looks huge but he’s still childish and not even 20 years old yet…what can I say… :P

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/90s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

I know weeds are strong and can grow anywhere and that theory really touched my thought while I took those weeds out from those blocks. Can I be that strong, but not useless..?

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/180s │ F8.1 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

Ok, all done! I’m sorry that I don’t have before & after photo to compare. However, please believe me that me and my brother worked for more than 2 hours to complete both front and backyard. That small garden looked pretty empty after got rid of all weeds. Perhaps I should plant some flowers in there after my dad comes back, due to my budget situation…

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/250s │ F8.1 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/500s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

On my way to backyard through the stairs. :) I like that stairs for some reason, but someone recommended my parent to get rid of that stairs because raccoon can live in the space between the lawn and stairs.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/125s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

Oh, and I’m thinking about plant some little flowers in here before mom comes back. I guess I can handle that, haha.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/500s │ F3.7 │ ISO 80 │ 8.1mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/180s │ F8.5 │ ISO 80 │ 8.1mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/500s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

And this’s the backyard. Beyond those tall trees, you can reach to the walkway and it’s pretty good! That’s one thing that my family loves our house. My parent always takes a walk through that walkway about an hour. :)

After I’ve done this small part, Tony said “Hey, I think you took out too much that daddy planted here…” Oh well, there were too many weeds all over the place so I couldn’t tell which is the one that daddy planted. Sorry dad.. :(

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/500s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/125s │ F8.1 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

Those roses are supposed to ready to bloom but they’re still scraggy. Hope they’ll look better within next two weeks.

Bonus! A bloomed rose and little white flower I don’t know the name of it in front yard. I just wish flowers and trees in our lawn and yard can grow healthier than before. :)

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/250s │ F8.1 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/500s │ F8.1 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

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After done my school term, I’m currently enjoying my spare time. On last Friday, weather was too good to just staying at home so I decided to walk for awhile. When I reached to the Eaton Centre, the biggest shopping mall in downtown Toronto, I saw a guy sitting down and drawing on the sidewalk.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/125s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

I’ve seen many people dancing, playing instruments, or performing other talents in front of Eaton Centre but it was my first time to see someone drawing on the sidewalk. His drawing was amazing but what he wrote caught my eyes more than the drawing.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/125s │ F3.7 │ ISO 80 │ 7.1mm

Hello folks. I’m using my chalky powers to try and raise the funds I need to make it to Halifax next week for my little girl’s 11^th birthday with a little laptop for her very first computer for a present. This is a huge, lofty and improbable goal to reach so any and all donations are appreciated.

He was trying to get his little girl’s birthday present by performing his talent, not borrowing other people’s hand. I thought it was very sweet thing that daddy can do and actually moved my heart. To be honest, it was my first time to donate to street performer except when I travelled in Europe.

I think he was drawing characters from the movie “Iron Man” not sure, because I didn’t watch it… and they looked realistic. :)

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/90s │ F4.1 │ ISO 80 │ 17.4mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/60s │ F3.8 │ ISO 80 │ 9.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/60s │ F4.1 │ ISO 80 │ 17.4mm

Not only he has talent of drawing, but he also has sense of humor. What he wrote on the street made me smile while I was watching him drawing.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/125s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/125s │ F4.0 │ ISO 80 │ 14.9mm

- Car rental for 5 days: $230.71

- Gas to Halifax and back plus kilometers: $400.00

- 4 Nights accommodation: $400.00

- Food for 5 days: $150.00

- A new laptop for my daughter for her 11^th birthday: $500.00

- Raising enough loonies & toonies to visit my little girl and give her very first computer for her birthday thanks to the kindness of strangers: PRICELESS

Missing your little girl totally sucks”¦ for everything else there’s MASTERCHALK

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/125s │ F3.7 │ ISO 80 │ 7.1mm

MAKE A WI$H well was funny too. According to what he wrote, now I have unlimited evenings & weekends wish for 2 months perhaps, haha. (Please don’t tell me it’s for 2 days)

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/60s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

Hope he’ll have good trip to Halifax this week with a birthday present he desired to give to his little girl. :) I also look forward to see more of his amazing works wherever later on! Do you want to see his works other than this? Find Chalkmaster Dave’ on Facebook!

Thanks to Dave, it was the day that I thought about a daddy with gold heart… you made me missing my daddy though. Weather was bit chilly, but my heart was warm on my way to coming back home.. :)

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I don’t think I haven’t mentioned anything about what I do. I’m currently attending at George Brown College in Toronto as a student for Jewellery Arts program. Because I have some spare time this year, I tried to make a piece with leftover materials from last year.

ST1000(CL65) │ 01/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 160 │ 6.3mm

It’s not a finished piece, silver is not polished and stones are not set. I’m trying to make a pendant for necklace but not decided yet for sure.. We’ll see what happen later. :) I’ll show you the finished piece in the future IF I finish this in this term… lol

I usually take a rest at home with having some tea or coffee after coming back from school or work. I had huge interest on black tea about 5 years ago and it became one of my hobbies. I still enjoy making variety kinds of tea not using tea bags… like milk tea, fruit tea, iced tea, or tea from other countries like Russian tea. (I recommend Russian tea for people who cannot sleep easily at night!)

Today, I’ve decided to have my favourite tea, Assam.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 400 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/30s │ F3.6 │ ISO 800 │ 6.3mm

These are some of tea that I have. I usually buy small bags to taste more and not to keep tea leaves too long, except Assam because it’s my all time favourite!

Standard of tea for one person is one teakettle, so about two and half tea cups in total. But that’s what it says in Europe or by tea experts so the amount of tea is totally up to people who are drinking. :)

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/20s │ F3.6 │ ISO 800 │ 6.3mm

These are the kettle and teacup that I’m using. Porcelain kettle is better than the iron one because it keeps the heat and scent of tea longer. I also enjoy white colour teacup to see the colour of tea. :)

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/30s │ F3.6 │ ISO 800 │ 6.3mm

Using tap water is the best for tea because more oxygen in water gives you better taste of tea. If you don’t have tap water, shaken bottle of water is fine too. :)

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/30s │ F3.6 │ ISO 800 │ 6.3mm

First boiling water is for warming up the kettle and teacup. Warmed up kettle makes more movement of tea leaves so it can give you smooth and deep taste and scent. Keep hot water in kettle while you boil water again for tea.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/30s │ F3.6 │ ISO 800 │ 6.3mm

After 2 or 3 minutes later, throw away hot water from kettle and put 1 heaping teaspoon of tea leaf. That’s what it says on the guide but again, it’s totally up to the person who will enjoy it. :) Better close the kettle after put tea leaf to not to lose the scent!

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 800 │ 6.3mm

I usually have a first cup after 2 minutes brewing it especially for Assam, because Assam has strong taste. I recommend Assam for milk tea as well from that point. :) Having some sweet cookies or sweet scone is also a good match with Assam straight tea.

So, what’s your hobby? Do you have your own hobby to get relaxed and have fun at home? :)

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It was Canada’s public holiday “Family day” on February 15^th. I had a chance to own a car during that long weekend, so I decided to take a rest at my favourite place: Lakeshore in Burlington. :)

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/125s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

Lakeshore is the name of the longest local road and area in GTA (Great Toronto Area) from east side of Toronto to Burlington, where includes four cities. Those four cities are connected via Ontario Lake. Burlington is the city that my family and I lived for first 6 years in Canada where always gives me reminiscence and longing for my past.

It was little cloudy but weather wasn’t too cold so it was good for walking around.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/180s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

Burlington’s lakeshore was just a park… it still is, but now it has a modern building called “˜Spencer’s’. The building has restaurant with a bar, plus small gallery. At the back of the building, there’s a little water ground which turns to icy floor in winter for people who enjoy skating. :)

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/60s │ F3.7 │ ISO 80 │ 7.1mm

Maybe because it was Family Day, lots of people visited here for skating but rest of place was very quiet. So I decided to walk down the road, enjoying peaceful moment.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/125s │ F3.7 │ ISO 80 │ 7.1mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/180s │ F3.7 │ ISO 80 │ 7.1mm

Water was so clear and calm so I could see the sky and clouds on the lake. It was just like a mirror from the nature…

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/180s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

I didn’t realize Canada was this much cold until I see this at Lakeshore.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/125s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

Due to too much ice on the floor, the city gave people warning to be really careful when you walk down the road. With extreme’ care, I tried to approach to the water closer, why? Because I wanted to see the water closer… Don’t worry, I’m not that suicidal! LOL

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/90s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 120 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 120 │ 6.3mm

Water was so clear that I can see through.. and it was real aqua blue which is my favourite colour.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 200 │ 6.3mm

Sometimes you need to share your pathway with other people in your real life too, right? :)

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/90s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

By visiting this place, I could have some peaceful and thoughtful moment in my mind ““ it was pretty lucky that I could have a car on this day! :) Where’s your favourite place that you want to go often?

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/180s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/180s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

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Hello, there. :)

I’m Rach, currently living in Toronto, Canada. SamsungImaging gave me a chance to use Samsung ST1000 (CL65), so I would like to share my sights with you… not only Toronto, but also wherever I go and whatever I do in days. :) To celebrate getting ST1000(CL65), I decided to go AutoShow 2010 with my friend. AutoShow is open annually at Metro Toronto Convention Centre, but this is my first time to visit the show… made me so excited!

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 240 │ 6.3mm

Welcome to the show! The show closes at 10pm so my friend and I went to the show around 6pm. However, a lot of people were still visiting the centre. The first booth welcomed us were Acura and Honda. I like both Honda and Toyota lines but I like more sedans for Honda or Acura, and SUVs for Toyota or Lexus. Personally, I like SUVs in general. :)

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 400 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 320 │ 6.3mm

Next, the noble sport cars from Italy Maserati vs. Ferarri! Which one do you like better?

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 800 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 640 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 480 │ 6.3mm

And my favourite car brand “Infiniti”! I love their G, EX, and FX series. This one was their concept car “Essence” for this show. Looks like a batman car, isn’t it? :)

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 200 │ 6.3mm

Next stop were Toyota and Lexus. Even though there was a lot of news about recall of Toyota in these days, their booths were even bigger than other brands from Europe.

ST1000(CL65) │1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 200 │ 6.3mm

Toyota’s hybrid car, Prius. It was pretty interesting that you can drive for a while just charging it with electricity!

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6.3mm

At the Lexus booth, I saw hard-top convertible car changes its roof for the first time! That really WOWed me with its cool surrounded sound system.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 480 │ 6.3mm

Is there anyone interested in racing car, Shelby? There was a special space for Carroll Shelby’s racing cars from antique to the unique versions.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 800 │ 6.3mm

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ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 320 │ 6.3mm

Hyundai and Kia did an event to win a car by entering the ticket number they gave us. We participated the event too and hoped to have luck to win! :)

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 240 │ 6.3mm

Hyundai’s booth was neat and big enough to exhibit their models. Genesis, Hyundai’s next generation, was there too.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 200 │ 6.3mm

It was great to see Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and other luxury brands from Europe but those booths were too crowded unlike others. What a shame that I couldn’t see them in various but meeting Jaguar, the gentle-sports car from England, was a pleasant because I can’t meet them on street so often compare to others.

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 120 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 640 │ 6.3mm

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/45s │ F3.6 │ ISO 400 │ 6.3mm

It was snowing when we came out, but didn’t feel cold since I had so much fun at the show. Hope you had fun like I did with those pictures! I’ll try to take better pictures next time. :) Until then, take care!

ST1000(CL65) │ 1/10s │ F3.6 │ ISO 800 │ 6.3mm

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Samsung Digital Imaging plans to hold “I’m a Buddy” at CES2010, which is going to be held in Las Vegas from January 7th to 10th in 2010.

Samsung Digital Imaging provides free flight ticket, hotel room, meals, Samsung Digital camera, and one day trip (tour around Las Vegas) to three selected ‘Buddies’.

The “I’m a Buddy” crew will be selected prior to the event by Samsung Digital Imaging by completing following requirements. Samsung Digital Imaging will choose three winners to send them to Vegas from January 6th to January 10^th, 2010.

Three winners will attend at CES2010 show as a staff of Samsung booth and will be able to use the newest products of Samsung digital camera. The main task of “I’m a Buddy” is experiencing Samsung digital cameras and share their experiences and information with visitors at the show.

Requirements to be a ‘Buddy’
- Residents in US or Canada and over 18 years of age
- Current users of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or Flickr
- Current users of DSLR or compact camera with high-end level
- Send email brief profile of applicant to apply (See below for detail)

Furthermore, we would also like to invite you to join our channels on Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. Not only will you be able to get the latest information on products or events, but you will also gain advantages for events.

Just click on the channel to become a fan:

Samsung Digital Imaging on Twitter
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How to apply
- Submit a brief profile of the applicant to web@samsungimaging.net by 12AM (US Eastern Time) of December 2nd, 2009
(* Profile should fill out your name, residential area, age, gender, e-mail address and type of camera in use)

Three applicants will be selected and the selection process will not be publicly announced.
(Notice: It is applicant’s liability for any disadvantages from false information that applicant provided. Samsung Digital Imaging will hold no liabilities.)

Final three buddies will be announced on December 4th, 2009 on samsungimaging.net and a separate invitation will be sent out to the winners.
(If the final information needed for booking does not sent by December 10th, 2009, the opportunity will be given to someone else.)

For those who are interested, do not hesitate to be the part of this amazing event!

Thank you for your interests, and wish you all good luck!!